382 SCINCID.E. 
26. Eumeces schwartzii. 
Eumeces schwartzei, Fischer, Abh, Nat. Ver. Hamb. viii. 1884, p. 3, 
pl. vii. fig. 1. 
Head rather elongate. Nasal small, followed by a postnasal which 
-is in contact with the first labial; nostril just above the suture be- 
tween the rostral and the first labial; anterior loreal forming a 
suture with the frontonasal, which touches the frontal; four supra- 
oculars, the two anterior in contact with the frontal; interparietal 
ending in a point, separating the parietals ; two longitudinal series 
of large transverse nuchals, uniting to form a single series on the 
body ; sixth and eighth upper labials largest; ear-opening mode- 
rately large, with three short lobules anteriorly ; a single post- 
mental. 21 scales round the middle of the body, the vertebral series 
composed of large transverse scales which are nearly six times as 
broad as long; the two median preanal scales scarcely enlarged. 
Limbs just meeting when pressed against the body ; hind limb nearly 
one third the length of head and body. A median series of trans- 
versely enlarged subcaudals. Back rusty, with numerous black dots ; 
a broad black band along the head and nape, and another one on 
each side to the base of the hind limb; tail above with transverse 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 206 ‘Fore limb ........ 19 
Head fossalauie wees 15 Hind limb........ 27 
Width of head .... 6 Dat eon. seed ndhens, Qo 128 
Body: 5.22 senyachiesavers 63 
Island in the Laguna de Terminos, Bay of Campeche. 
27. Eumeces scutatus. 
Plestiodon scutatus, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. 1868, p. 25. 
(Eumeces) scutatus, Jerdon, Proc, As. Soc, Beng. 1870, p. 73. 
Mabouia teniolata (non Blyth), Anders. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, 
p. 184. 
Eumeces teniolatus, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 75; 
Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 65; Blanf. 2nd Yark. Miss., Rept. 
p. 19; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 356. 
Head small; snout short, obtuse. Nasal moderate, divided, 
nostril pierced above the centre of the first labial; three loreals, 
anterior in contact with the supranasal and the frontonasal; five 
supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with the frontal; parietals 
entirely separated by the interparietal, which touches the frontal ; 
four or five pairs of nuchals ; eighth upper labial largest ; ear-opening 
moderately large, with two or three small obtuse lobules anteriorly ; 
two azygos postmentals. 21 (or 23) scales round the middle of the 
body, the vertebral series composed of large transverse scales five 
times as broad as long; lateral scales smallest. The length of the 
hind limb is contained thrice and a half to thrice and three fourths 
